Russian plane crashes on Miscou Island during an attempted Moscow to New York Flight
Record ID:
382087
Russian plane crashes on Miscou Island during an attempted Moscow to New York Flight
- Title: Russian plane crashes on Miscou Island during an attempted Moscow to New York Flight
- Date: 11th May 1939
- Summary: CANADA: New Brunswick: Gulf of St. Lawrence: Miscou Island: EXT AEROPLANES - Russian Soviet airmen crash at Miscou Island, New Brunswick, Canada, on attempted Moscow -N.Y.Flight, Brig. Gen. Kokkinaki & Navigator. Arrival N.Y. KOKKINAKI, Brig. Gen. Crashes w. navigator on Miscou Island, New Brunswick, Canada, & arrives at N.Y. when rescued Aviation; Disasters and Accidents; Soviet Union plane, aeroplane, airplane, flying, crash
- Embargoed: 26th May 1939 13:00
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- Location: New York, USA
- Country: Canada
- Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes,Transport
- Reuters ID: LVA77LNAZ3K5E6JAMB68X53CVOFC
- Story Text: Russian pilot, Vladimir Kokkinaki and his navigator, Mikhail Godienko, are flown to New York safely after their plane crashes in Canada during a non-stop flight attempt from Russia to New York
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